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Sagart Laurent |
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The roots of old Chinese / / Laurent Sagart |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1999 |
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1-283-12164-6 |
9786613121646 |
90-272-8449-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 184 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Chinese language - Etymology |
Chinese language - Morphology |
Chinese language - Phonology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-232) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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THE ROOTS OF OLD CHINESE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; LIST OF TABLES; Acknowledgements; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 OLD CHINESE WORDS AND ROOTS; 3 ROOT SEGMENTALS; 4 PREFIX *s-; 5 PREFIX *N; 6 PREFIX *m-; 7 PREFIX *p-; 8 PREFIX *t-; 9 PREFIX *k-; 10 OTHER PREFIXES; 11 INFIX *-r-; 12 INITIAL CLUSTERS; 13 SUFFIXATION; 14 REDUPLICATION AND COMPOUNDING; 15 ETYMOLOGIZING OLD CHINESE WORDS; 16 PERSONAL PRONOUNS; 17 NUMERALS; 18 BODY PARTS; 19 THE PHYSICAL WORLD; 20 WILD ANIMALS; 21 MANKIND AND KINSHIP; 22 AGRICULTURE: THE CEREALS; 23 OTHER CULTIVATED PLANTS |
24 DOMESTICATED ANIMALS; 25 FOOD; 26 METALS; 27 TRANSPORTATION; 28 COMMERCE; 29 WRITING; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A: CHINESE CHRONOLOGY; APPENDIX B: LIST OF RECONSTRUCTIONS; INDEX OF CHINESE CHARACTERS; GENERAL INDEX |
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The phonology, morphology and lexicon of late Zhou Chinese are examined in this volume. It is argued that a proper understanding of Old Chinese morphology is essential in correctly reconstructing the phonology. Based on evidence from word-families, modern dialects and related words in neighboring languages, Old Chinese words are |
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